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18 .TH UTMPDUMP 1 "Februar 8, 2010" "" "Linux System Administrator's Manual"
20 utmpdump \- dump UTMP and WTMP files in raw format
26 \fButmpdump\fP is a simple program to dump UTMP and WTMP files
27 in raw format, so they can be examined.
30 output appended data as the file grows.
32 reverse. Write back edited login information into utmp or wtmp files.
38 utmpdump can be useful in cases of corrupted utmp or wtmp entries.
39 It can dump out utmp/wtmp to an ASCII file, then that file can
40 be edited to remove bogus entries and reintegrated, using
45 \fButmpdump -r < ascii file > wtmp\fP
51 was written for debugging purpose only.
55 use the option \fB\-r\fP as the format for the
56 utmp/wtmp files strongly depends on the
57 input format. This tool was
59 written for normal use but for debugging.